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John Lennon's Quarry Bank High School Register

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John Lennon's Quarry Bank High School Register
1954-55. A most unusual Beatles collectible is this “Register of Attendance” from Quarry Bank High School in Liverpool. The young Lennon’s tenure at this High School between 1952 and 1957 was somewhat less than auspicious. Along with schoolmate and best friend, Pete Shotton, the pair according to the school headmaster, E.R. Taylor, were “very disruptive, always causing trouble, were often disciplined by caning and were continually punished with detention.” Uninterested in studying, the pair were at the bottom of the academic ladder. It wasn’t until 1956 that the new headmaster, W.E. Pobjoy recognized some promise in Lennon as both a musician and artist. He arranged for John to attend Liverpool’s local art college when he left Quarry in 1957. And to his credit, even allowed the Quarry Men to perform at a July ‘57 dance. During the 1954/55 school year, the 14 year-old Lennon missed 12 days according to this official school register of attendance, with half of that total coming in November on successive days. Lennon’s full name...John Winston Lennon, admission #2980, date of birth...9 10 40, address...251 Menlove Ave. Woolton, is written in black fountain pen on the inside front page. 10.75 x 15.25” with middle fold and dog-eared corners, worn spine, and some separated pages.